greenness
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɡɹiːnnəs/
greenness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being green; green colour. [from 8th c.]
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast (novel)
- Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast (novel)
- (now rare) Vitality, freshness. [from 9th c.]
- Inexperience. [from 16th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 152:
- The chances were that, sooner or later, such greenness would inevitably lead to a graver disaster.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 152:
- The fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation. [from 1980s]
- Spanish: verdor
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